Bethany Orphans Home

I have an original copy of:
"A HISTORY OF BETHANY ORPHANS' HOME OF THE REFORMED CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES,
 LOCATED AT WOMELSDORF, PA".,  by Rev. Thomas M. Yundt, Reading, PA.; 
Daniel Miller, Publisher, 1888, 136 pp.

At the back of the book is a list of about 400 orphans who were residents up to 1888. No personal
data is entered. However, four children who died in the home during its early years are named; 
those deceased later, presumably after leaving the home, are indicated by asterisks.

There are also a number of memorials to various individuals administrating the orphanage.

THERE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS OF:

Rev. Emanuel Boehringer

Rev. John Gantenbein

Rev. D. Y. Heisler

Rev. D. B. Albright

Rev. Thomas M. Yundt

 BRIEF MEMORIAMS TO:

Rev. J. S. Kessler, died 20 Dec. 1864

Rev. P. S. Fisher, died 22 May 1873

Major Adam Leize, died 14 Dec. 1875

Judge David Schall, died 22 Jan. 1977

Rev. Chas. H. Leinbach, died 15 July 1883

John Weist, died 7 Aug. 1883

Hon. Joseph Laubach, died 16 Nov. 1884

William D. Gross, died 7 Dec. 1884

George Gelbach, died 30 Sept. 1886

 OBITUARIES:

Christina Boehringer, wife of the Rev., died 21 Sept. 1864, age 32-9-3, leaving 6 children, 
the youngest but six weeks old, and 47 orphans.

Rev. Emanuel Boehring, born 29 May 1823, in Burgach, near Stuttgart, Wurtemberg;
 to America 1858; died 25 Oct. 1864.

Both were buried in the cemetery at Emanuel's Reformed Church of Bridesburg. The Reverend's 
mother remained at the orphanage, but in very old age lived with a daughter
in Portsmouth, Virginia, dying there in April 1873.